1937- Construction begins on the Lions Gate Bridge, a suspension bridge, in Vancouver, Canada.
This Day in History
1987- The Patent is filed for the skid-steer vehicle.
2013- a 16 floor residential apartment building collapses in Tanzania, killing 36 people. Three municipal officials, the engineer, and the quantity surveyor are arrested.
1954- Barcelona: construction of Camp Nou started.
1855- Kerosene is patented by Abraham Gesner.
1964- The Patent is filed for the backhoe.
1878- Electricity was first used in Japan.
1977- The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a steel arch-shaped continuous through truss bridge, opens in Maryland.
1922- 12,000 coal miners in Western Alberta, Canada begin to strike.
1960- Estonian architect and designer of the main building of SEB in Tallinn, Raivo Puusepp is born.